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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010 — 第 6 / 19 章 · 2'38" · B1

Dale Explains How He Saved Allison, Explained：swear to God

Allison wakes up in Dale's cabin with no memory of the night before, and Dale, nervous and kind, explains that she fell and he pulled her out of the water. She suspects he was watching them swim, and he panics: 'I swear to God.' The scene is a horror-movie setup played as an awkward first meeting.

あらすじ

Allison wakes up in a cabin after a night she cannot remember. Dale feeds her eggs and bacon and explains how he and Tucker found her, carried her home and waited for her friends. She asks if they were spying on her; he denies it, swears to God, and defends her friends for running off. They introduce themselves and reach for a board game.

Small talkComforting a friendExplainingComfortingStrangersB1mediumamericanClean
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注目の表現

there you gospy on someoneswear to Godin a crisis

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このシーンの表現

swear to God

promise it is true

Wrongly accused, Dale swears to God to prove he is telling the truth.

I swear to God I locked the door before we left.

このシーンの他の表現

  • there you go

    here you are

  • spy on someone

    watch secretly

  • in a crisis

    when things go wrong

  • marshmallow

    a soft, gentle person

  • holler

    call out to someone

このシーンのメモ一覧

45 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

スラング · B1brung

nonstandard past of bring — Rustic dialect; keep it out of formal speech.

- Tucker and I brung you here last night. - Why?
表現 · A2be about to do something

on the point of

Because you were about to go swimming with your friends, and you climbed up on a bunch of rocks, and you
表現 · A2go + doing（go swimming / go fishing）

go do an activity

Because you were about to go swimming with your friends, and you climbed up on a bunch of rocks, and you
発音about to

Link about to so it sounds like abou-ta, with a soft t.

Because you were about to go swimming with your friends, and you climbed up on a bunch of rocks, and you
文法 · A2we weren't spying

past continuous negative: Was or were not doing denies an action in progress at that past moment.

No, we weren't spying. No, I swear to God, no, no.
スラング · A2fishin'

fishing, spoken form — Casual dropped-g speech; fine with friends.

We were out there fishin'. OK? I didn't... We didn't see...
表現 · A2run off

run away

- They ran off into the woods. - They just left me?
表現 · A2be mad at someone

angry with

Yeah, but don't be mad at them.
発音don't be

The t in don't often drops before be.

Yeah, but don't be mad at them.
文法 · B1hoping that they would come get you

participial phrase: The -ing phrase adds the purpose, and would marks a future seen from the past.

and that's why Tucker and I brung you here, hoping that they would come get you in the morning.
スラング · B1girlie

girly — Informal, sometimes teasing; avoid in formal writing.

I didn't have any girlie clothes, so...
表現 · A2pet an animal

stroke an animal

You can just pet him round the nose.
発音pet him

Pet him runs together with a nearly silent h, like pet-im.

You can just pet him round the nose.
表現 · A2buy a place

purchase a property

Tucker just bought this place, and, uh...you know...
表現 · B1not look like much

not seem impressive

Yeah, I'm sure it doesn't look like much to a high-class girl like you, but
文法 · B1it doesn't look like much

object clause: A that-clause after I'm sure states what he believes about the place.

Yeah, I'm sure it doesn't look like much to a high-class girl like you, but
表現 · A2a vacation home

a holiday house

we've always just had sort of a dream to have our own vacation home.
表現 · A2call someone something

friends call me

But my... my friends call me Allie.
表現 · A2if you need anything else

if you need more

And if you need anything else, you just holler for me.
表現 · A2around here

in this area

Do you guys have anything to do around here?
表現 · A2board games

tabletop games

Do you like board games?

「Dale Explains How He Saved Allison」を読み解く

What's really going on

The setup is a slasher scene turned inside out. A girl wakes up in a strange cabin, a man looms over her with food, and everything that would be terrifying in a horror film is instead painfully awkward hospitality. Dale is trying so hard to be reassuring that he overexplains, and when Allison asks the natural question about watching them, he panics into, "No, we weren't spying. No, I swear to God, no, no." The comedy comes from his total lack of a filter: he admits he might have seen a little, then rushes to defend her friends for leaving her behind. His line about people not being any good in a crisis is meant kindly, and it also tells us how he sees the world. By the time they trade names and he mangles hers, the genre has fully flipped.

Theme

DeceptionAllison assumes the friendly stranger is a threat, and the scene plays on the gap between appearance and intent.
FriendshipDale treats Allison with care and even defends the friends who abandoned her, showing his decency.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A breakfast joke can disarm a stranger's fear.
  • Self-mockery covers an awkward borrowed shirt.
  • Calling a dog a marshmallow wins trust fast.
  • Dale's name slip is charming, not careless.

発音のポイント

  • about to — Link about to so it sounds like abou-ta, with a soft t.
  • don't be — The t in don't often drops before be.
  • pet him — Pet him runs together with a nearly silent h, like pet-im.
There you go. Please don't tell me that you hate eggs and bacon.

Dale's nervous hospitality, trying to make breakfast feel normal.

Some people just aren't any good in a crisis,

Dale making excuses for her friends, an oddly generous read of being abandoned.

I never really had much fashion sense, anyway.

Allison putting Dale at ease about the borrowed clothes.

That's my dog, Jangers. He looks mean, but he's just a big old marshmallow.

Dale introducing his dog and himself: scary-looking but soft.

Well, it's a real pleasure to meet you, Allie...son.

Dale fluffing her name, the awkward charm the film runs on.

このシーンについての質問

How did Allison end up in Dale's cabin?

She fell, hit her head and landed in the water while swimming with her friends. Dale pulled her out and brought her home, waiting for her friends to come back for her.

Why does Allison think Dale was spying on her?

He and Tucker were nearby fishing when she undressed to swim. She jumps to the worst conclusion, and Dale panics trying to deny it.

What happened to Allison's friends?

They ran off into the woods instead of helping her. Dale says they simply were not any good in a crisis, and he expected them to come back in the morning.

What does Dale compare his dog to?

He says Jangers looks mean but is really just a big old marshmallow. It is his way of saying the dog, like himself, is softer than he appears.

Does Allison trust Dale at first?

Not entirely. She wakes confused and suspicious, but his awkward kindness wins her over enough that she stays, plays a board game and jokes with him.

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